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John Gill
Blessed are the merciful,.... Who show mercy to the bodies of men, to those that are poor, indigent, and miserable, in their outward circumstances; by both sympathizing with them, and distributing unto them; not only making use of expressions of pity and concern; but communicating with readiness and cheerfulness, with affection and tenderness, and with a view to the glory of God: who also show...
Matthew Henry
This chapter, and the two that follow it, are a sermon; a famous sermon; the sermon upon the mount. It is the longest and fullest continued discourse of our Saviour that we have upon record in all the gospels. It is a practical discourse; there is not much of the credenda of Christianity in it—the things to be believed, but it is wholly taken up with the agenda—the things to be done; these Christ...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. “The merciful” are those who are always ready to forgive, always ready to help the poor and needy, always ready to overlook what they might well condemn; and “they shall obtain mercy.”
Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the merciful: The forgiving, the generous, the kind: “Blessed are the merciful:” —
Charles H. Spurgeon
For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. There is such a connection between purity of heart and purity of understanding that the man whose eye is clarified by holiness shall see God.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: Those who are kind, generous, sympathetic, ready to forgive those who have wronged them,-blessed are they.
Charles H. Spurgeon
For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart:- It is a most blessed attainment to have such a longing for purity as to love everything that is chaste and holy, and to abhor everything that is questionable and unhallowed: blessed are the pure in heart:-